Charlie Rose's "CBS This Morning" co-hosts rebuked the veteran TV news anchor for his alleged sexual harassment of at least eight women since the 1990s.

"There is no excuse for this alleged behavior," a choked-up Norah O'Donnell said in the opening segment of the morning news show. "This will be investigated. This has to end. This behavior is wrong."

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Her remarks came after the show ran a regular news segment on the multiple reports that the 75-year-old news man exposed himself and made lewd calls to women who worked for his popular "Charlie Rose" show.

Within hours of Tuesday morning's program, CBS News President David Rhodes emailed staff to say the network had fired Rose over his "extremely disturbing and intolerable behavior."

King and O'Donnell said they've been trying to deal with the allegations against their co-host of five years. (CBS)

PBS and Bloomberg broadcast the show, but it's owned by the anchor's "Charlie Rose, Inc." Both networks suspended Rose.

News of the harassment — going as far back as the 1990s — rattled Rose's co-hosts.

"I am not okay," his co-host Gayle King said, adding she slept less than two hours Monday night after the Washington Post reported eight women accusing him of harassment. "It was deeply disturbing, troubling and painful for me to read."

King said her children and longtime pal Oprah Winfrey called to see how she was dealing with the news.

It's been difficult, she said, to balance her friendship with her fellow anchor against the weighted allegations.

"That said, Charlie does not get a pass here. We are all deeply affected," King said. "He doesn't get a pass because I cannot stop thinking about the anguish of these women."